Book Title: Learning to be Human Together

Subtitle: Humanizing Learning

Authors: Co-designed by Students, Faculty and Staff at OCAD University, Mohawk College, Brock University, Trent University, Nipissing University, University of Windsor, University of Toronto-Mississauga

Book Description: This resource explores the importance of, and processes for, humanizing education. We start by exploring what humanizing teaching and learning means: to acknowledge that our relationships are foundational to the work that we do. It aims to make learning inclusive with connection, access, and meaning-making at its core.

This project is made possible with funding by the Government of Ontario and through eCampusOntario’s support of the Virtual Learning Strategy. To learn more about the Virtual Learning Strategy visit: https://vls.ecampusontario.ca

License:
Creative Commons Attribution

Contents

Book Information

Book Description

This resource explores what humanizing teaching and learning means: to acknowledge that our relationships are foundational to the work that we do. It means to make learning inclusive with connection, access, and meaning-making at its core.

When you have something to say that you hope can empower people and encourage inclusion you yell it from the rooftops and in as many formats as possible. To that end, you will find the materials of this project in a number of formats — to meet you where you are and how YOU choose to interact with it. This is just the beginning of what we hope will be a deeply humanized experience. This material is not a book, nor a guide, nor a checklist–it’s an engagement with complex issues, with social entanglements, and with ways of doing (and not doing) things. This work also foregrounds the importance of twelve core super themes, such as trust, vulnerability, re-framing failure, and friction. These super themes are not discrete units or siloed entities, rather they are multi-layered ideas that intersect and weave together across the humanizing learning spectrum.

This resource also includes an exploration of the co-design experience – the process of creating and nurturing a community that collectively did this work. Coming out the other side of this work are a group of people who came together to share our love for learning and our passion for education. We hope you find something here that changes even one small aspect of how you move through the world.

Authors

Co-designed by Students, Faculty and Staff at OCAD University, Mohawk College, Brock University, Trent University, Nipissing University, University of Windsor, University of Toronto-Mississauga

License

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Learning to be Human Together Copyright © 2022 by Co-designed by Students, Faculty and Staff at OCAD University, Mohawk College, Brock University, Trent University, Nipissing University, University of Windsor, University of Toronto-Mississauga is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Subject

Education

Metadata

Title
Learning to be Human Together
Authors
Co-designed by Students, Faculty and Staff at OCAD University, Mohawk College, Brock University, Trent University, Nipissing University, University of Windsor, University of Toronto-Mississauga
Editors
Rachel Spence; Fiona Rawle; Jaime Hilditch; and Jutta Treviranus
Translator
https://inclusiveasl.com/
Illustrators
Giulia Forsythe and Terry Greene
Contributors
Terry Greene; Pat Maher; Nick Baker; Kristen Mommertz; Jutta Treviranus; Jennifer Curry Jahnke; Jess Mitchell; Jaime Hilditch; Heather Carroll; Harsh Bhavsar; Giulia Forsythe; Fiona Rawle; Dave Cormier; and Bonnie Stewart
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Learning to be Human Together Copyright © 2022 by Co-designed by Students, Faculty and Staff at OCAD University, Mohawk College, Brock University, Trent University, Nipissing University, University of Windsor, University of Toronto-Mississauga is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Primary Subject
Education
Additional Subject(s)
Social pedagogy, Educational strategies and policy: inclusion
Institutions
OCAD University, Brock University, Trent University, Nipissing University, University of Windsor, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Mohawk College
Publisher
OCAD University, Learning to be Human Together Team
Publication Date
February 28, 2022
Hashtag
#OnHumanLearn